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Plotting Made Easy: The Complications Worksheet

Want to create a plot you'll itch to write? A protagonist you'll love? An antagonist that will give you shivers? And (simultaneously) the first draft of a synopsis ready to be pared down to two pages and polished up? Try the Complications Worksheet as a thinking tool. 

http://childrenspublishing.blogspot.com/2010/03/plotting-made-easy-complicati...

(from Adventures In Children's Publishing)

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Donald Maass Character Checklist « Writing and Illustrating

Donald Maass Character Checklist

Summary by Kathy Temean:

http://kathytemean.wordpress.com/2010/04/14/donald-maass-character-checklist/

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Show Some Character! -- Do you know the difference between an epiphany and a character arc?

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When plotting out or revising your novel, it’s important to understand the difference between an epiphany and a character arc. Both are useful and important, but they serve very different roles in the narrative. Think of them like salt and sugar: They’re both dry, granular materials, both are very important in cooking, but the two are hardly interchangeable.

http://www.plottopunctuation.com/blog/show/60

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Moments Of Triumph can become "T-bombs" if the character hasn't earned it

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The Intern is one of my favourite writing blogs these days. In this post, she advises writers not to give main characters their Moment of Triumph unless the character has earned it...else it won't work for the reader.

http://internspills.blogspot.com/2009/11/nanorevismo-5-galumphing-towards.html

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Show Some Character! -- Do your characters' flaws work on more than one level?

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Great post on how to create a character with flaws that enhance the story.

http://www.plottopunctuation.com/blog/show/42

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